Mutational analysis of TAC3 and TACR3 genes in patients with idiopathic central pubertal disorders;Análise de mutações nos genes TAC3 e TACR3 em pacientes com distúrbios puberais centrais idiopáticos

Arquivos Brasileiros de Endocrinologia e Metabologia

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 646-652

  Tusset, Cintia ^a   Noel, Sekoni D ^b   Trarbach, Ericka B ^a   Silveira, Letícia F G ^a   Jorge, Alexander A L ^a   Brito, Vinicius N ^a   Cukier, Priscila ^a   Seminara, Stephanie B ^c   de Mendonça, Berenice B ^a   Kaiser, Ursula B ^b   Latronico, Ana Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Central precocious puberty; Constitutional delay of growth and puberty; Neurokinin B; Neurokinin B receptor; Normosmic isolated hypogonadotropic hypogonadism

Indexed keywords

NEUROKININ 3 RECEPTOR; NEUROKININ B;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELAYED PUBERTY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; NEUROKININ B; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PUBERTY, DELAYED; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; RECEPTORS, NEUROKININ-3; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872796582     PISSN: 00042730     EISSN: 16779487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27302012000900008     Document Type: Article

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